Rick and Emily Francona wish you all the best in 2017!
Some highlights of our 2016...
Cruise Enrichment Lectures
Rick had two gigs on Crystal Cruises - one on Serenity and one on Symphony
Russia
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Australia
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Denmark
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Sweden
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New Caledonia
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Fiji
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Lithuania
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Samoa
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Vanuatu
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Kiribati
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Canada
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The Francona Travel Pages
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Emily in Fiji
The annual Thanksgiving weekend with Beth Myers and Jim Mills at their ranch near Creston, California
This year we were joined by Jim's son Greg and his wife Kim
Some visits with friends
Top: In Phoenix, Arizona with Nikki and Tim Pense
Left: In Sydney, Australia with Nicola Mallik
Right: In Sequim, Washington with Millie North
Our goddaughter Melissa Wienblatt accepting the proposal of Captain Bernard Froehlich, USAF
- in front of his jet as he returned from a deployment to the Middle East
"Wining" with Paul and Cathy Peschiera (note Emily on the Crystal Serenity)
Some veteran activity
Top: Three former USAF RC-135 linguist aircrewmembers - Jim Polk (Chinese), Rick (Vietnamese & Arabic), Don Liddycoat (Russian)
Bottom: Desert Storm 25 year anniversary thanks - Rick speaking at the PWG Reunion in Tacoma - Rick Johnson (Russian linguist) in La Quinta
Wildlife - Rick with a 22 pound chinook salmon from the Coos River, an Oregon swallowtail, deer and whales (a great year for whales)
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Autumn sunrise from the deck
Windsock replacement party
A Port Orford rainstorm
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Super moon
Winter in La Quinta, California
Living on the 18th fairway at PGA West Stadium course - perfect seat for the Career Builder Open
The polo fields in La Quinta
Dom (16)
Bella (9)
Dante (12)
Alexa (8)
Visitors
Top - Gary and Norma Anderson visiting in La Quinta
Middle - Mike and Cheryl Merritt in Port Orford - Karen Hansen on the deck
Bottom left - Artist Scott Medlock with Rick and Briggs Matsko in La Quinta
Bottom right - Oregon fishing trip (click HERE for video) with Randy Jenco, Briggs Matsko, Jerry Ortner
Rotarian Visits/Visitors
Clockwise from top left: Tim and LeAnn Mobley - Ginny and Rger Reich - Rick presenting at Bandon Rotary
Jay and Jeanne Christofferson - Rick presenting at District 5110 Conference
"The Guys"
At 16+ the "evil twins" continue to delight us...mostly
Nikki and Pasha
CNN
Rick continued his military analyst work with CNN - mostly via Skype
With Carol Costello
As seen from a control room - this is CNN International in Hong Kong
Phone capture of Newsroom with Fredricka Whitfield
CNN International interview with Becky Anderson - click on image to view